Anya Hyndside

I am a Facilitator and Coach who supports groups and changemakers working on climate and social justice issues. I have decades of experience working with community groups, local authorities, and networks to facilitate positive change.

Who I often work with:

Networks, partnerships, and groups
Communities, campaigners, and under-represented groups
Organisations, charities, and funders
Local authorities, politicians and decision-makers

The types of issues I work on:

Climate change and nature recovery
Community and youth participation
Social justice, advocacy, and effecting change
Food, farming & land use

The sorts of things I do:

Facilitate workshops, events, and away days
Coach people working for positive change
Support teams with their development, strategy, advocacy, and team-building
Community and public participation, and bringing networks, partnerships and people together.

Testimonials

“Anya strikes the perfect balance of no-nonsense organisation and empathetic intuition – she is a very skilled facilitator with a host of adaptable techniques up her sleeves, a ready smile and an enviable ability to get over enthusiastic conversations back on track to productive conclusions. She is most definitely a safe pair of hands. I have seen her in action in groups I have been in and also worked with her closely for our own meetings and really appreciate her ability to work with diverse groups, adapt to different dynamics and needs and her insightful wrap up/feedback documents. She really works as part of a team, and I feel her role is not one of neutral outsider but of skilled weaver of group energy, helping people to deliver their best selves in complicated interactions."

Bonnie

Director at Farming the Future

“Anya is one of the best facilitators I have ever worked with. You will feel completely safe in her hands as she holds the space and runs your event or session. She worked hard to understand the intentions of our engagement work, and to hold these to high standards as she designed the sessions. She is enthusiastic and fun to work with as well as extremely well-prepared and principled. She ensures that the voices of the people in her workshops are heard and respected and that what they say can be brought together to influence strategy. She can draw on other talented members of the Holding the Space team to join her in helping to organise or run sessions, if needed. Anya designs, facilitates and follows up with her whole heart – you should definitely ask her to work with you."

Nicola Hillary

Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership Manager